Cullen, County Tipperary

Cullen

*Cuilleann*
Cullen Cuilleann
Village
	Sign at Cullen national school with old Irish name Cuileann Ó gCuanach, "Cullen of the Cooneys"
	Cullen Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 52°30′46″N 8°16′33″W / 52.5127°N 8.2758°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Tipperary
Elevation	129 m (423 ft)
Population (2016)	289
	(Cullen Electoral Division)
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode	E34
Telephone area code	062
Irish Grid Reference	R812401

Cullen (Irish: Cuilleann) is a rural village in County Tipperary, Ireland.^[2] The centre of the village is located at a junction of two roads in south Tipperary, 9 km north-east of Tipperary town. These roads lead to Monard, Lattin, the "Rocky Road" and Oola respectively. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.^[2]

Name

The village was traditionally believed to have taken its name from the holly (cuileann), although an Irish legend claimed that Fionn Mac Cumhail killed a hero named Cuileann, son of Morna at this site in the 3rd century AD.^[3]^[4] Another possible derivation is cuilleann, 'steep unbroken slope' – the village is dominated by a sloping road.^[5]^[6]

Amenities

Cullen is home to two public houses (pubs), a cemetery and a Roman Catholic church. This church is dedicated to Saint Patrick and was built c. 1845.^[7]^[8]

Cullen–Lattin soccer pitch is the venue for the Cullen–Lattin soccer team. It is called this because the villages of Cullen and Lattin (approx. 4 miles from Cullen) are joined as one parish in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.

Sport

The Gaelic Athletic Association affiliations of the joint parish is concentrated in the village of Lattin; the team called Lattin–Cullen (to differentiate with the soccer team Cullen–Lattin).

Cullen is also part of the shooting club known as "E.L.C.O. Gun Club" (Emly, Lattin, Cullen, Oola Gun club). This gun club is open for membership to residents and former residents of the lands within the E.L.C.O. area.^{[citation needed]}

Archaeology

In the 18th and 19th centuries many prehistoric items were found in the nearby Golden Bog of Cullen. It is possible that the finds were votive offerings from the Bronze Age. Also nearby is Longstone Rath, an Iron Age ringfort.^[9]

People

Nicky English, the former Tipperary hurler and manager, was born and raised in Cullen, living in what was a small shop run by his parents.

References

^ "Sapmap Area - Electoral Division - Cullen". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Cuilleann / Cullen". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
^ O'Clery, Michael (31 August 1851). "Annala Rioghachta Eireann; Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the Earliest Period to the Year 1616". Hodges and Smith – via Google Books.
^ Joyce, Patrick Weston (31 August 1871). "The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places". McGlashan & Gill – via Google Books.
^ "The Beauty, Magic, and Mystery of Slieve Gullion – Sliabh gCuillinn". 13 February 2021.
^ Mills, David (20 October 2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6 – via Google Books.
^ "Cullen, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Lattin & Cullen Parish". cashel-emly.ie. Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ De Breffny, Brian (1983). Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 72–73.

[census2016-1] "Sapmap Area - Electoral Division - Cullen". Census 2016. CSO. April 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

[logainm-2] "Cuilleann / Cullen". Placenames Database of Ireland. Dublin City University. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

[3] O'Clery, Michael (31 August 1851). "Annala Rioghachta Eireann; Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters from the Earliest Period to the Year 1616". Hodges and Smith – via Google Books.

[4] Joyce, Patrick Weston (31 August 1871). "The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places". McGlashan & Gill – via Google Books.

[5] "The Beauty, Magic, and Mystery of Slieve Gullion – Sliabh gCuillinn". 13 February 2021.

[6] Mills, David (20 October 2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6 – via Google Books.

[7] "Cullen, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[8] "Lattin & Cullen Parish". cashel-emly.ie. Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[9] De Breffny, Brian (1983). Ireland: A Cultural Encyclopedia. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 72–73.

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